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I was not a good Lasik candidate

Hi guys,

I believe I had MGD for quite some years, I had never been able to wear contacts for more than a couple hours and I had experienced a bit of dry eye pain in a winter a couple of years back when I was working on computers a lot. I saw some optometrists around that time and started...

New moisture glasses from JINS

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Can you use Tears Naturalle past expiration date?

I was cleaning out under my sink and found an unopened box of Tears Naturale that expired a year ago. Is it still usable? I know I used a few from another box that was expired and i had no problems. I bought a box of genteal just in case. Thanks....

Topical anti-inflammatory

Hi,

I have ongoing inflammation of my lower lids below the lash line. Every time I try to have it addressed I'm given drops to put IN my eyes. The listed side effects of the drops scare me and I worry they will make things worse. Some of them contained potentially harmful preservatives...

Question about compresses

Hi,

I had blephex done a little while ago and was told to continue doing warm compresses after I had it done. Some days I have not done them as I wanted to get inflammation of eyelid down, so used cold compresses instead.

Lately I have been doing the warm ones though and nothing...

What to consider when buying a new PC monitor?

Hi!

I've had dry eyes for like two years and it's pretty bad. I still have to work and study a lot using a computer, and I've been thinking of buying a new good quality monitor to hopefully help with the eyestrain. I'm also very much addicted to watching screens on my free time so there's...

Rinse Xiidra out of your eyes after ten minutes?

I'm new here so I'll just dive in. Been using Xiidra off and on for six months. It definitely works; I don't hardly use Systane drops any more. But the burning and blurriness is hard to handle. Lately I've been putting my drops in, and if my eyes are still blurry ten minutes later I put some Systane...

Refrigerate Xiidra.

Does anyone refrigerate their Xiidra?

Chalazion Removal Surgery upcoming.

Hi All,

I posted a few few weeks back a photo of what my Optometrist thought was either a tumor or chalazion.

I have visited two Opthamologists now and they have both diagnosed it as a chalazion.

He has recommended surgery in one months time to remove the chalazion...

I AM CURED!!!!! You can be too. Everyone!!!!

Hi all, sorry I didn�t update sooner but I�ve been having fun. I read, I sew, I work in air, I watch TV and I shop in air conditioned malls!!!!! My last Schirmer test was 18. Big improvement from 0 eh? That is not a typo. I got zero. Twice.

Anyway, long story short, no more punctual plugs...

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